Patents by Inventor Markus Wagenknecht

Markus Wagenknecht has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for actuating a seat
    Patent number: 9238426
    Abstract: A seat having a backrest and a seat cushion is provided with at least one adjusting element on both sides of the longitudinal center plane of the seat. By alternatingly actuating the adjusting elements in the two halves of the seat, mobilization of the spinal column of a seat user occurs. In order to increase the acceptance of such a mobilization, which requires comparatively long stroke lengths of the adjusting elements to achieve a physiological effectiveness, an accustomization phase occurs before the action phase. During the accustomization phase, the adjusting elements exercise, for example, only about half of the stroke during the action phase. Preferably, a transition phase may be interposed between the accustomization phase and the action phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Manfred Hopf, Markus Wagenknecht
  • Method for Actuating a Seat
    Publication number: 20110112449
    Abstract: A seat having a backrest and a seat cushion is provided with at least one adjusting element on both sides of the longitudinal center plane of the seat. By alternatingly actuating the adjusting elements in the two halves of the seat, mobilization of the spinal column of a seat user occurs. In order to increase the acceptance of such a mobilization, which requires comparatively long stroke lengths of the adjusting elements to achieve a physiological effectiveness, an accustomization phase occurs before the action phase. During the accustomization phase, the adjusting elements exercise, for example, only about half of the stroke during the action phase. Preferably, a transition phase may be interposed between the accustomization phase and the action phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Manfred Hopf, Markus Wagenknecht